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out of the frying pan into the fire
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from a bad situation to a worse one
Often said as a comment, with 'and' optional: 'out of the frying pan and into the fire'.
In context
He left a boring job for a worse one: out of the frying pan into the fire.
Moving from a noisy flat to one beside a building site was out of the frying pan into the fire.
More idioms about food
- a bad appleone bad person who has a bad effect on the rest of a group
- a couch potatoa person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV instead of being active
- a different kettle of fisha completely different situation from the one just mentioned
- a finger in every pieinvolved in many different activities, often to get power
- a meal ticketa person or thing that someone uses as a source of money or support